Leo ehelich



(No Model.)

L. EHRLIGH.

ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

- No. 450,061. PateIitedApr. 7, 1891. I135 1511 122222211 Zea El 2% UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO EHRLICH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 450,061, dated April '7, 1891.

Application filed May 16, 1890. fierial No. 352,055. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- of removing a piece of the web of paper it Be it known that I, LEO EHRLICH, of the will move toward the linife until it comes in city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, contact therewith, when it will retain that have invented a certain new and useful Imposition, and as the paper is removed from 5 provement in Roll-Paper Holders and Outthe roll and the latter decreased in size the roll tors, of which the following is a full, clear, will advance toward the knife and be held and exact description, reference being had vagainst; it with sufficient pressure to cause to the accompanying drawings, forming part the necessary tension on the roll to prevent it of this specification. from turning too freely as a portion of the [0 My invention relates to a device for hold- Web is pulled out and torn off.

ing roll wrapping-paper and cutting it off for I have shown the elastic material as apuse as desired; and my invention consists in plied only to the gudgeons; but it is obvious features of novelty, hereinafter fully dethat the same effect would be attained if it scribed, and pointed out in the claims. were upon one or both of the inner faces of 15 Figure I represents a front elevation, and the slots or ways or upon all of these parts.

Fig. II represents an end View. I claim as my invention- In the drawings, 1 represents a base, and 2 1. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the the standards mounted thereon. combination of a roll of paper having gudno 3 are slotted extensions on the standards. geons,elastic rings on said gudgeons,and ways 20 These extensions support the roll of paper 5, in which said gudgeons and rings fit, substanwhich moves in a horizontal plane toward a tially as and for the purpose set forth. knife 6, secured on the end of the extension. 2. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the

7 are rings of some elastic material (prefcombination of the base, standards secured erably rubber) on the gudgeons 8 of the roll to the base, slotted extensions on the stand- 2 5 of paper, the slots in the extensions being ards, a roll of paper having gudgeons, elastic large enough to receive the gudgeons 8 with rings on the gudgeons, and a knife secured the rings 7 thereon. The rings preferably fit to the extensions, substantially as and for the snugly in the slots and bear against both the purpose set forth. upper and lower walls of the slots, as shown 3. In a roll-paper holderand cutter, the

30 in Fig. II. combination of the frame provided with slot- 10 represents curved projections on the 'ted extensions, a fixed knife and a roll of paextensions 3, that prevent the roll of paper persupported in said slotted extensions upon from displacement from the extensions. suitable gudgeons, and an elastic material The operation of my device is as follows: between the gudgeons and slots of the exten- 5 The roll of paper is placed between'the exsion, whereby-the roll of paper is held con tensions 3, with the gudgeons and the rings stantly in contact with the knife, substan- 7 upon them fitting in the slots or ways of tially as herein set forth. the extensions, and as the roll of paper is turned in a forward direction the elasticity LEO EHRLIOH' 40 of the rings will cause the rings to bind be- In presence of tween-the walls of the slots, and through the E. S. KNIGHT,

said binding as the roll is revolved in theact THOS. KNIGHT. 

